The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-13
A LIVELY MEETING

A LIVELY MEETING
OF COUNCIL HELD LAST NIGHT
At tho Public Building-The Annual Ap.
preparation Ordinance = Mr.. Wolff
Elected n Commlssioner-va.Ns-
riety Of Other Matters.
The regular semi.monthly meeting Of
Council held at the Public Building last
evening was one Of the most protrac.ed
and lively sessions that has been held for
a long time past. Az Is usually the case,
the Second Branch was tho principal
scene Of action, and a! times matters were
decidedly warm and lurid. The cause Of
nearly all the debate that took place was
the annual appropriation ordinance, or
rather that part Of it that disposed Of
the amounta appropriated to the
Board OF Public Works. Besides this i'm.
portant and much talked abont matter,
there were two other Queations over which
there were spirited debates and sharp
words; they were the proposition to ap.
propriato for the Mayor contingent fund
Of $500 and tho correcting Of the record by
Mr.. Gruse, with relation to his vote cast
at the last meeting for q member OF the
Board Of Police and Fire Commissioners.
President Gilleland called the Second
Branch to order shortly before s o'clock.
Only eight members responded to their
names Oh the roll was called. Sergeauts
were sent out to drum up the abeentses
and soon enough to form quorum were
present. BY $3.50 o'clock all Of tho mem.
beers had put In IN appearance and in tho
First Branch oil but Mr.. Buchanan were
present.
In the Second Branch Clerk Bowers, as
coon as q quorum was present, read the
minutes Of the last meeting. As soon as
he concluded and before the chair had
had 3 chance to ask whether there was
any objection to the minutes being signed
or even before they could be signed, Col.
| G. B. Caldwell spreng to his feet and
moved that thst the rules DO suspended
iu order 10 net upou the resignation of
commissioner NJ. Il. Wolff, Of the Board
Of Police and Fire Commissioners" which
he had In bis possession.
Mr.. Cruise arose and stated that he de-
sired to object to the minutes. In the
record Of the joint session held week
before, he was recorded as voting for Mr..
Wolfffor Commissioner; he stated that he
had voted for DR.. Pipes. Colonel Caldwell
contended that his motion to suspend the
rules wss the oaly thing in order. Mr..
Cruise made the point OF order that we're
he properly recorded it would not appear
that MIR. Wolf WAS elected to the position
that he was not elected and could not
therefore resign. Colonel Caldwell
held that 81 Mayor Seabricht
had declared Wolff elected and the
record allowed that no bud been GO de-
clared, that he was elected. The chair
ruled that Mr.. Cruise must have his cor
rection made in joint seesion. Mr.. Cruise
moved that the First BIO invited into Joint
session for the purpose Of making the cor
rection the chair ruled this out Of order,
holding that ColonelCa ldwell's motion was
properly before the house. In this be was
sustained by vote Of 10 to 10. and by
which vote the resignation Of Mr.. Wolff
was accepted. It was as follows:
Ayes-Altison, Caldwell, Davis, Garvin,
Gundling, Hartony, Jaeger, Jones, Kett-
Ter, Marsh, Maxwell, Mitchell, Young and
President Gillslaud-15.
| Nays-Auber, tiruEe, Harrell, Pracht,
Steger, Vockler, Warner end Whyte-lO.
MIR. Wolf a resignation was as follows !:
| GENrLEMEN:-Haying been duly qalii.
ed 10 the oilice Of Commissioner OF the
Police and Fire Board and understanding
that the validity OF my election is disputed,
| hereby resign from said Board.
THE JOINT SESSION.
Tbs motion to invite the First Branch
into joint session for the purpose of allow.
ing Mr.. GTuse to correct his vote was re-.
newed and adopted. The First before &C.
cepting this invitation adopted it's minutes
wherein it appeared that in joint session
Mr.. Wolf WAS elected commissioner over
DR.. Pipes by vote of 10 to II, and &C.
cepted ilr. Wolf g resignation.
Tho two bodies having come together,
Mayor Seab1isht presiding, Dir. Cruise
stated his point and asked Tor correction
there being no objection. it was ordered
made. Clerk Bowers asked what should
be done with the balance OF the record
the change ordered made the vote STAND
IS to is. and in the next line 1t recorded
that the Mayor he'd declared Mr., Wolf
elected. lie asked permission to make
IN explanation, to which the Mayor M.
parcntly paid no attention and no pe.mis.
zion was granted.
Later on q reporter asked Mr.. Bowers
what tho explanation was that he desired
to make. Mr.. Bowers was in ANYTHING
but ar Gmlable irame Of mind over the
way the Mayor had treated him. He said
that he understood from President Gille.
land TINT the Mayor had said to him
(Gilleland) that he did not propoae to nj.
low Bowers to explain. Mr.. Bowers said
to The reporter" 81 understood Mr.. Gruso
to change from Msnkemeller to WOLF and
so recorded him. sm sure that he
voted so and that 30 announced him. II
kEoT that announced tho changes as !
made them aud that no objections were
raised then, which was the time To object,
| believe Mr.. Gruse as liable to make
mistake aa nm."
The query propoundod by Mr.. Bowers
cot the iathers TO thinking and suggestions
and duestions began to pour in on tho
pcrplexed chair. Mr.. Delbrugge at last
made suggestion thst caught the
Mayors fancy; it 'sas, that there being
tie vote he, tho Mayor, had the right to
cnst tho deciding vote. Tho Mayor served
notice that after Mr.. Allison, who WIS
propounding some legal conundrum, was
through talking, that he should speak
and he did. He made some passing allu.
sion to the fottiesa contained in Manuals
Gushing" and his not being acquainted
with them made some invidious remsrka
about common senRe and aXain declared
that Mr.. Wolf WA the msn elected; he
(the Mayor would vote for Wolf. That
sottled the Notwithstanding 10 the
Mayors view. lie announced further
that tho Council could take this state OF
atlairs in any way that suited it. Then he
announced that Mr.. Wolf had resjened
and that the office Was vacant.